Dr. Dysart is board certified in orthopaedic surgery. He is fellowship trained in Hip and Knee Joint Replacement Surgery and in Hip and Knee Reconstructive Surgery. His major areas of interest are in hip and knee surgery.

Dr. Dysart graduated from the Medical College of Georgia and completed his orthopaedic residency training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts to do a one year fellowship in Knee and Hip Joint Replacement Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The fellowship was under the direction of Clement Sledge, MD, Harvard Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery.

After the completion of fellowship training, Dr. Dysart joined the orthopaedic staff of Pinnacle Orthopaedics, formerly Marietta Orthopaedics, in 1991 and now practices primarily at WellStar Kennestone Hospital. It is of interest to note that Dr. Paul Payne, a practicing physician at Pinnacle Orthopaedics, performed the first joint replacement operation in Marietta at Kennestone Hospital.

Dr. Dysart is actively involved in the practice of Hip and Knee Surgery, performing primary and difficult revision surgical procedures. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, the Orthopaedic Research Society, the Society of Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, the American Society of Sports Medicine and the Atlanta Orthopaedic Society.

In addition to hip and knee replacement and revision surgery, his interests also include partial knee replacement and cartilage surgery as well as newer procedures such as unispacer replacement surgery, cartilage transplantation and computer assisted orthopaedic surgery.

He is actively engaged in orthopaedic research serving as the Chair of the Pinnacle Orthopaedic Research Institute. He has published and presented scientific articles at local and national orthopaedic surgery meetings. His interests include orthopaedic and pharmaceutical research and he sits on national research committees involved in hip and knee surgery.

Pinnacle Orthopaedics

300 Tower Road, Suite 200
Marietta, GA 30060

Phone: 770-427-5717
Fax: 770-514-6744

info@standysartmd.com

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